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  • Egress to Excellence: Charlie Toomer’s Story

    Charlie Toomer, 9th Maintenance Squadron egress systems craftsman, joined the Air Force in November of 1970. Originally from Georgia, he wanted to follow his brother and work on the railroad.However, with the Vietnam War raging on, his draft number came up and Toomer was given a choice; get placed

  • No Margin For Error

    When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of an emergency where everything else in an aircraft fails. It is their last chance at survival, and their